Nuinsco Expands Critical Minerals Exposure with Option on the Zig Zag Lake Lithium Tantalum Property: Grades up to 1.68 Li2O over 7.9m and 0.168% Ta2O5 over 2.54m
Nuinsco Expands Critical Minerals Exposure with Option on the Zig Zag Lake Lithium Tantalum
Property: Grades up to 1.68 Li2O over 7.9m and 0.168% Ta2O5 over 2.54m
Toronto, July 5, 2021 – Nuinsco Resources Limited (“Nuinsco” or t he “Company”) (CSE: NWI, www.nuinsco.ca)
today announced that It has enhan c e d i t s e x p o s u r e t o c r i t i c a l minerals by optioning the Zig Zag Lake lithium‐
tantalum property located approximately 68 kilometres east‐northeast of Armstrong, Ontario.
The claim group covers the historic Tebishogeshik occurrence as well as other mineralized sites – the lithium‐
tantalum mineralization is pegmatite‐hosted with significant rubidium and cesium mineralization also reported.
Critical minerals such as these are essential in the accelerating transition to a low‐carbon and digitized economy.
The pegmatite hosting the Tebishogeshik occurrence is a substantial domain of mineralization; currently it is known
to be more than 800m in length and up to 18m thick. Previous workers have identified Li2O and Ta2O5 mineralization
along the entire length of the showing from sampling at surface , grading up to 1.68% Li 2O over 7.9m and 0.168%
Ta2O5 over 2.54m in separate channels samples. Several shallow histori c d r i l l h o l e s a l o n g t h e o c c u r r e n c e h a v e
returned significant lithium intersections, including an inters ection grading 1.08% Li2O over 6.1m (between 12.45‐
18.55m downhole) and a separate intersection of 399.82ppm Ta2O5 over 2.92m (between 15.50‐18.42m). The
occurrence is open along strike and to depth and remains to be fully evaluated, particularly considering the fast‐
developing and ever‐growing applications for such elements resu lting from expanding global electrification, and
concern over supply chain issues for critical minerals.
“Acquisition of the Zig Zag Lake property complements the Company’s large Prairie Lake rare earth elements‐
niobium‐tantalum‐phosphate property, located near Terrace Bay, Ontario,” said Paul Jones, CEO. “Given the
worldwide shift toward greener a nd cleaner economies, the acqui sition of additional property assets such as Zig
Zag Lake with Critical Minerals endowment is a natural strategic progression for Nuinsco.”
The Government of Canada has identified 31 critical minerals, i ncluding those identified at the Zig Zag Lake and
Prairie Lake properties, that are considered essential for the sustainable economic success of Canada and its
allies under its Canadian Minerals and Metals Plan (“ CMMP”). As part of its commitment under the CMMP, the
Government is identifying initiatives designed to bolster Canadian critical minerals projects and supply chain
development to help advance the competitiveness of the country’s minerals and metals sector.
The Zig Zag Lake property consists of six (6) claim units acces sible via an all‐weather gravel road leading east from
Armstrong that approaches to within two kilometres of the claims.
Terms of the option agreement on the Zig Zag Lake property are: on signing an $8,000 cash payment and 200,000
common shares of the Company on signing; on the first anniversary a $15,000 cash payment and 200,000 common
shares of the Company; on the second anniversary a $20,000 cash payment and 200,000 common shares of the
Company; on the third anniversary a $30,000 cash payment and 20 0,000 shares of the Company; on the fourth
anniversary a $40,000 cash payment and 200,000 shares of the Company. The optionors will retain a 2% Net
Smelter Return royalty, 1% of which can be acquired by Nuinsco for $1,200,000. Work commitments of $6,000,
$10,000, $20,000 and $40,000 are required in years one through four, respectively, of the option term.
About Nuinsco Resources Limited
Nuinsco Resources has over 50 years of exploration success and is a growth‐oriented, multi‐commodity mineral
exploration and development company focused on prospective oppo rtunities in Canada and internationally.
Currently the Company has three properties in Ontario – the high‐grade Sunbeam gold prospect near Atikokan, the
large multi‐commodity (rare‐earths, niobium, tantalum, phosphorus) Prairie Lake project near Terrace Bay, and the
Zig Zag Lake property (lithium, tantalum) near Armstrong. In ad dition, Nuinsco has an agreement for gold
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exploitation at the El Sid project in the Eastern Desert of Egypt.
Laura Giroux, M.Sc., P. Geo. is a qualified person as defined by NI 43‐101 and has reviewed and approved the
technical contents of this press release regarding the Sunbeam Project.
Forward‐Looking Statements
This news release contains certain "forward‐looking statements." All statements, other than statements of historic fact, that address activities, events or
developments that Nuinsco believes, expects or anticipates will or may occur in the future are forward‐looking statements. For ward‐looking statements are
often, but not always, identified by the use of words such as " seek," "anticipate," "believe," "plan," "estimate, “expect," an d "intend" and statements that an
event or result "may," "will," "can," "should," "could," or "might" occur or be achieved and other similar expressions. These forward‐looking statements reflect
the current expectations or beliefs of Nuinsco based on information currently available to Nuinsco. Forward‐looking statements are subject to a number of risks
and uncertainties that may cause the actual results of Nuinsco to differ materially from those discussed in the forward‐lookin g statements, and even if such
actual results are realized or substantially realized, there can be no assurance that they will have the expected consequences to, or effects on Nuinsco. Factors
that could cause actual results or events to differ materially from current expectations include, among other things, failure to successfully complete financings,
capital and other costs varying significantly from estimates, p roduction rates varying from estimates, changes in world copper and/or gold markets, changes
in equity markets, uncertainties relating to the availability a nd costs of financing needed in the future, equipment failure, unexpected geological conditions,
imprecision in resource estimates, success of future developmen t initiatives, competition, operating performance of facilities , environmental and safety risks,
delays in obtaining or failure to obtain tenure to properties and/or necessary permits and approvals, and other development and operating risks. Any forward‐
looking statement speaks only as of the date on which it is mad e and, except as may be required by applicable securities laws, Nuinsco disclaims any intent or
obligation to update any forward‐looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or results or otherw ise. Although Nuinsco believes
that the assumptions inherent in the forward‐looking statements are reasonable, forward‐looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and
accordingly undue reliance should not be put on such statements due to the inherent uncertainty therein.
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